Review by John Schultz

If you started with Publisher to get some flyers and basic projects done and needed more features to take your design to a new level but do not have the cash for the Adobe suite. Then the Corel Suite is what you need. It has more than enough professional grade tools to keep you inspired. Some of the programs have limited functionality like the Tracing program. It reminds me of the now defunct Adobe streamline product and Tracing has always been a hit and miss affair depending on the quality of the scan. Bitmaps work better than grayscale but regardless it is a great starting point for re-creating vector versions of logo’s. Other than that-Not very useful. The photo editor and the layout programs are easy to learn if you have any prior experience with design programs. If your still using the Microsoft suite to create your brochures and postcards-Stop That! We receive so many files whipped up by the secretary in a firm who builds everything in Word,Excel,Powerpoint and sends it off to get printed As Black and two PMS colors and It’s a complete hassle. THE MICROSOFT SUITE IS NOT FOR DESIGN! If you build a lot of print pieces. Do yourself a favor and upgrade to the Corel Suite or minimally Get MS Publisher.

I received this product free of charge to try through the vine program.nWould I spend my own money on this? No